2005 Monterey Sports Car Championships

The 2005 Monterey Sports Car Championships was the final race for the 2005 American Le Mans Series season held at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. It took place on October 16, 2005.

Track map of Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca

This race saw the competition debut of the new Porsche RS Spyder, the first Porsche prototype in approximately seven years.

Official results

Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Chassis	Tyre	Laps
					Engine
1	LMP1	15	Zytek Engineering	Tom Chilton Hayanari Shimoda	Zytek 04S	M	164
					Zytek ZG348 3.4L V8
2	LMP1	2	ADT Champion Racing	Frank Biela Emanuele Pirro	Audi R8	M	164
					Audi 3.6L Turbo V8
3	LMP1	20	Dyson Racing	Chris Dyson Andy Wallace	MG-Lola EX257	M	163
					MG (AER) XP20 2.0L Turbo I4
4	LMP1	1	ADT Champion Racing	Marco Werner JJ Lehto	Audi R8	M	163
					Audi 3.6L Turbo V8
5	LMP2	6	Penske Racing	Lucas Luhr Sascha Maassen	Porsche RS Spyder	M	163
					Porsche MR6 3.4L V8
6	LMP1	16	Dyson Racing	Butch Leitzinger James Weaver	MG-Lola EX257	M	162
					MG (AER) XP20 2.0L Turbo I4
7	GT1	4	Corvette Racing	Oliver Gavin Olivier Beretta	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	M	158
					Chevrolet 7.0L V8
8	GT1	3	Corvette Racing	Ron Fellows Johnny O'Connell	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	M	157
					Chevrolet 7.0L V8
9	GT1	58	Aston Martin Racing	Pedro Lamy Peter Kox	Aston Martin DBR9	M	156
					Aston Martin 6.0L V12
10	GT1	57	Aston Martin Racing	David Brabham Darren Turner	Aston Martin DBR9	M	155
					Aston Martin 6.0L V12
11	LMP2	10	Miracle Motorsports	Jeff Bucknum Chris McMurry James Gue	Courage C65	K	155
					AER P07 2.0L Turbo I4
12	LMP2	8	B-K Motorsports	Guy Cosmo Jamie Bach	Courage C65	G	154
					Mazda R20B 2.0L 3-Rotor
13	LMP1	12	Autocon Motorsports	Bryan Willman Michael Lewis	Riley & Scott Mk III C	D	152
					Elan 6L8 6.0L V8
14	GT2	31	Petersen Motorsports White Lightning Racing	Patrick Long Jörg Bergmeister	Porsche 911 GT3-RSR	M	151
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
15	GT2	50	Panoz Motor Sports	Bill Auberlen Robin Liddell	Panoz Esperante GT-LM	P	151
					Ford (Elan) 5.0L V8
16	GT2	43	BAM!	Mike Rockenfeller Wolf Henzler	Porsche 911 GT3-RSR	Y	151
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
17	GT2	45	Flying Lizard Motorsports	Johannes van Overbeek Jon Fogarty	Porsche 911 GT3-RSR	M	151
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
18	GT2	23	Alex Job Racing	Timo Bernhard Romain Dumas	Porsche 911 GT3-RSR	M	150
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
19	GT1	63	ACEMCO Motorsports	Terry Borcheller Johnny Mowlem	Saleen S7-R	M	148
					Ford 7.0L V8
20	GT2	79	J3 Racing	Justin Jackson Tim Sugden	Porsche 911 GT3-RSR	P	148
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
21	GT2	51	Panoz Motor Sports	Bryan Sellers Marino Franchitti	Panoz Esperante GT-LM	P	147
					Ford (Elan) 5.0L V8
22	GT2	44	Flying Lizard Motorsports	Lonnie Pechnik Seth Neiman	Porsche 911 GT3-RSR	M	147
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
23	LMP2	19	Van der Steur Racing	Gunnar van der Steur Ben Devlin	Lola B2K/40	D	139
					Nissan (AER) 3.0L V6
24	GT1	71	Carsport America	Michele Rugolo Tom Weickardt	Dodge Viper GTS-R	P	137
					Dodge 8.0L V10
25	GT2	78	J3 Racing	Marco Petrini Maurizio Fabris	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	P	129
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
26	LMP2	37	Intersport Racing	Jon Field Clint Field Liz Halliday	Lola B05/40	G	125
					AER P07 2.0L Turbo I4
27 DNF	GT1	35	Maserati Corse Risi Competizione	Andrea Bertolini Fabrizio de Simone	Maserati MC12	P	94
					Maserati 6.0L V12
28 DNF	GT2	24	Alex Job Racing	Darren Law Ian Baas	Porsche 911 GT3-RSR	M	33
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6

Statistics

• Pole Position - #15 Zytek Engineering - 1:14.185
• Fastest Lap - #15 Zytek Engineering - 1:16.480
• Distance - 367.032 miles (590.681 km)
• Average Speed - 91.775 mph (147.698 km/h)

External links

• "Official Results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on November 10, 2006. (51.8 KiB)

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